Originally Posted by
swallaby
Fair enough! That's what I was wondering. Thanks callmedtop. I'll probably just keep an eye out for another carrier instead.
Even with another carrier, there's another serious potential problem that hasn't been mentioned so far. If the LHR-CLT flight is significantly delayed or cancelled, you could: 1) arrive in CLT too late to catch your flight to LAX or 2) be re-routed LHR-ORD nonstop or to ORD via another entry point to the USA, such as BOS, JFK, PHL etc. The ticket you now have commits the airline to get you to ORD, but not to send you via CLT.